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Old 09-04-2003, 03:32 AM
Iris Cohen
 
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many plants of serissa should be SerissE!

No, I'm sorry, but Serissa is not an Italian word. It is the Latin name of a
plant. If you want to use colloquial English, you could say Serissas, but it is
more correct to say one Serissa or several Serissa, but nothing else.
Iris,
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